Improvement in hat-hook



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CHARLES L. SPENCER, or PROVIDENCE, RHCDE IsLANp. LenmPazm-No. s3,5ee,;zmz october 27,1868- IMPRO'V'ENIENV'T IN HAT-OOK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and maklngpart of the same.

To lwhomJ 'it may conce/m:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. SPENCER, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new'and useful Improvement in Hat-Hooks; and Iy do hereby declare. that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,`referenee being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, in which-'- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention.

Figure Zisa side view, withthe hook thrown open. I

Figures '3, 4, and 5 are detail parts. In the accompanyingdrawing, u, 'g. 1, is apiece of metal, formed curving, and shaped like a pair of springe tongs, the ends of which, vI) b, are bent and broughtnearly together.

Letter, l g..4, represents another piece of metal,- bent so the sidesare brought parallel with each other,

" ,a hole at one end', near the edge, at point e. The distance from the hole to the edge increases in following it around to point/i, making an'increase-cam. This holes near .the top of a. The hook c is riveted to itsv ends, the same as a knife-blade in a common pocket knife, bringing that end of hook c to bear against a.

To use my invention when' in` position as represented by fig. l:1, vthe ends b b of a, are pushed on the rim of Va Vhat or other articles requiling'suspension The hook c is then-swung open, .as'shown on fig. 2, causing the increase-cam to close the ends lib firmer in .supporting the weight, when the hook is caught ona projection, by drawingA the endsnof strap d farther through that side of. a, as shown on iig. 2.

Its advantages are simplicity, compactness, and being easily-carried.

It is always 'ready for use,land, having a pointedV hook, it can be hung on a projection as easily as spanning the hook on a wire. v f Its use in railway-cars and otherwise is of the greatest convenience.

What I claim, and desire to' secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination of the hook, strap, and tongs, when constructed to operate substantially asset forthandfor the purpose specied.v

CHARLES 'I'. SPENCER..

Witnesses:

.Jenn A. GARDNER,

J osHUA WILBCUE. 

